For the Guardian, she named her top ten tales of Americans in Europe, including:Barney's Version by Mordecai RichlerRead about another book on the list.
Best read with a vintage scotch and a fine Cohiba in hand. Scrappy, savagely witty, this is written as the memoirs of one Barney Panofsky, a boozy television producer trying to defend himself from accusations of murder. Although a good deal of the novel is set in Montreal, the funniest scenes take place in Paris, where Barney's band of louche, wannabe writers bum around hoping to become the next Hemingways and Fitzgeralds. As painfully moving as it is hilarious.
Also see: Alex Berenson's five favorite books on Americans abroad and Charles Glass's five books on Americans abroad.
--Marshal Zeringue
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